HMNZS Achilles - HMNZS Achilles HMNZS Achilles was a Leander class cruiser (7200 tons) (from 1936, Improved Leander class), built in Birkenhead, England and launched (as HMS Achilles) on 1 September 1932. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 10 October 1933. She was transferred to the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy on 31 March 1937 and recommissioned as HMNZS Achilles, with a crew approximately 60% from New Zealand and 40% Imperial. She was paid off from the Royal New Zealand Navy at Sheerness, Kent, England on 17 September 1946 and returned to the Royal Navy. She was then sold to the Indian Navy and recommissioned on 5 July 1948 as INS Delhi. She remained in service until decommissioned for scrap at Bombay on 30 June.
Hans Langsdorff - of the Graf Spee in October 1938. On 21 August 1939 the Graf Spee left port with orders to raid enemy commercial shipping in the South Atlantic following the outbreak of the Second World War. For the first three weeks of the war the ship hid in the open ocean east of Brazil while the German government determined how serious Britain was about the war. On 20th September, Graf Spee was released to carry out its orders. Over the next ten weeks, Langsdorff and the Graf Spee were extremely successful, stopping and sinking nine British merchant ships, totalling over 50,000 tons, while avoiding killing anyone. However Langsdorff's luck ran out on the morning of 13 December when his lookouts reported sighting a British cruiser and two destroyers. It was only when.
HMS Exeter - burned as unseaworthy in 1784. HMS Exeter (1928-1942) The best known is the fourth HMS Exeter, a York class heavy cruiser that saw important action in World War II. She was built by Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, Devon. Laid down on 1 August 1928, she was launched on 18 July 1929 and completed on 27 July 1931. At the outbreak of the Second World War, she formed part of the South American Division with HMS Cumberland. Together with the light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles she engaged the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December 1939, which action resulted in the Graf Spee 's scuttling several days later. Severely damaged in the battle, Exeter made for Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands.
Admiral Graf Spee - totalling three battleships, four aircraft carriers, and 16 cruisers. More groups were assembled later. On December 13 1939, she was found by the British Hunting Group G - the 8-inch gunned cruiser HMS Exeter, and 6-inch gunned light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles - in the Battle of the River Plate. After taking relatively superficial damage and retreating to the neutral port of Montevideo, the ship was scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff to avoid risking the crew in what he thought would be a losing battle..
Battle of the River Plate - ending her successful three-month campaign against British merchant shipping. The British force, comprising the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter (six 8" guns) and light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles (both eight 6" guns), engaged the German cruiser close to the estuary of the Rio de la Plata, or Silver River, between Argentina and Uruguay. Following intense gunnery action where the German cruiser had the advantage of longer range and heavier guns, while the British were able to divide fire, the Graf Spee eventually headed for Montevideo harbour in Uruguay. Exeter had been severely damaged in the battle, and British propaganda efforts were made to convince Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Graf Spee that an overwhelming British force was being assembled, when in fact only the heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland was available.
The Battle of the River Plate (movie) - and Emeric Pressburger. It portrays the eponymous naval battle of 1939, between a Commonwealth force of three cruisers (HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles) and the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. Unlike most British war movies of the time, The Battle of the River Plate is notable in treating the German sailors as honourable opponents rather than as cardboard cut-out "Huns". The ships engaged in the battle were portrayed by: HMS Cumberland portrayed herself and Exeter HMS Sheffield portrayed Ajax INS Delhi (formerly HMNZS Achilles) portrayed herself USS Salem portrayed Admiral Graf Spee. HMS Birmingham was used by the production as a camera ship..
Phony War - was won by 281 to 200, but 41 of Chamberlain's Conservative colleagues had voted against him whilst 60 had abstained. The humiliated Chamberlain found it impossible to continue to lead a Conservative government or form a government of national unity (in Britain called a "national government") around him. On May 10 Chamberlain resigned his premiership whilst retaining his leadership of the Conservative Party. The King, George VI, appointed Winston Churchill, who had been a consistent opponent of Chamberlain's policy of appeasement, as his successor and Churchill formed a new coalition government which included Conservative, Labour and Liberal representatives. Later that same day, German troops marched into Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg. The Phony War was over. The only major military actions during the Phony War were at sea. Notable events among.
List of Naval Vessels of World War II - Emerald-class HMS Enterprise Leander-class HMS Ajax HMNZS Achilles Heavy Cruisers HMS Devonshire York-class HMS Exeter.
588 Achilles - 588 Achilles 588 Achilles is an asteroid discovered on [[February 22],1906 by the German astronomer Max Wolf. It was the first of the Trojan asteroids to be discovered, and is named after Achilles, a fictional hero from the Trojan War. It orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system. Diameter: 116 km Spectral type: D.
Achilles - Achilles In Greek mythology, Akhilleus Aiákidês (descendent of Aeacus), or plain Achilles (also transliterated as Achilleus, Akhilles, or Akhilleus) was the greatest warrior in the Trojan War, and the central character of Homer's Iliad. Birth Achilles was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidones in Thessaly, and the sea nymph Thetis. Zeus and Poseidon had vied for her hand until an oracle revealed she would bear a son greater than his father, whence they wisely chose to give her to someone else. According to legend, Thetis had tried to make Achilles invincible by dipping him in the river Styx, but forgot to wet the heel she held him by, leaving him vulnerable so he could be killed by a blow to that heel. (See Achilles'.
Achilles heel - Achilles heel In Greek mythology, Achilles is made invunerable by being dipped in the river Styx by his mother. However, his mother held him by the heel, and eventually Achilles was felled by an arrow that hit this unprotected part. Today the term Achilles' heel refers to any inherent weakness. For instance, the term is being used to describe the US's inability to defend itself from weapons of mass destruction. While their military is able to fight any other military with relative ease, it is somewhat ill-equipped to fight against small terrorist actions: this is the "Achilles heel" of the US military..
Achilles' tendon - Achilles' tendon Posterior view of the foot and leg, showing the Achilles tendon (tendo calcaneus). The gastrocnemius muscle is cut to expose the soleus. Achilles' tendon or heel (tendo Achillis) or the calcaneal tendon (tendo calcaneus) is a tendon of the posterior leg. It serves to attach the gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus (heel) bone. In humans it passes behind the ankle. It is the thickest and strongest tendon in the body. It is about 15 cm long, and begins near the middle of the leg, but receives fleshy fibers on its anterior surface, almost to its lower end. Gradually becoming contracted below, it is inserted into the middle part of the posterior surface of the calcaneus, a bursa being interposed between the.
Achilles de Flandres - Achilles de Flandres Achilles de Flandres is a character in Orson Scott Card's Shadow series, part of the universe created in the novel and short story Ender's Game. Achilles appears in the novels Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, and Shadow Puppets. He may be considered the villian of these novels, or at least the antagonist. A native of Belgium, Achilles grows up in the dangerous streets of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. (At the start of the series, the Netherlands is under international jurisdiction during the global emergency of the Formic, or Bugger, Wars. This leads to an influx of refugee children, including Achilles.) As Achilles matures, he is noted for a brilliant mind in tactical matters and a large number of sociopathic and psychopathic tendencies,.
What the Tortoise Said to Achilles - What the Tortoise Said to Achilles "What the Tortoise Said to Achilles" is a brief dialog by Lewis Carroll which playfully problematizes the foundations of logic. The tortoise challenges Achilles to use the force of logic to make him accept a particular deductive argument. Ultimately, Achilles fails, because the clever tortoise leads him into an infinite regression. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Summary of the dialogue 2 What's wrong here 3 Where to find the article 4 References Summary of the dialogue The discussion begins by considering the following logical argument: (A): "Things that are equal to the same are equal to each other" (B): "The two sides of this triangle are things that are equal to the same." therefore (Z): "The two sides of this triangle are.
James Barry (painter) - 1771 he produced his picture of Venus, which was compared, though with little justice, to the Galatea of Raphael, the Venus of Titian and the Venus de Medici. In 1773 he exhibited his "Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida." His “Death of General Wolfe,” in which the British and French soldiers are represented in very primitive costumes, was considered as a falling-off from his great style of art. His fondness for Greek costume was assigned by his admirers as the cause of his reluctance to paint portraits. His failure to go on with a portrait of Burke which he had begun caused a misunderstanding with his early patron. The difference between them is said to have been widened by Burke’s growing intimacy with Sir Joshua Reynolds, and by Barry’s feeling some.
Joseph Beuys - 20th century. Beuys was born in Krefeld but grew up mainly in two nearby towns, Kleve and Rindern. He had some contact with art, visiting the studio of Achilles Moortgat on a number of occasions, but decided to pursue a career in medicine. However, with the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Luftwaffe. It is often said that the predominance of felt and fat as materials in Beuys' work can be traced back to the war. Beuys was shot down while flying a mission over the Crimea and was subsequently rescued by Tartars. The story goes that they kept him warm by covering him with fat and wrapping him in felt. It is not clear whether this last part of the story is actually true, but it has been.
John Flaxman - we find the sculptor publishing a spirited protest against the scheme already entertained by the Directory, and carried out two years later by Napoleon, of equipping at Paris a vast central museum of art with the spoils of conquered Europe. The record of Flaxman's life is henceforth an uneventful record of private affection and contentment, and of happy and tenacious industry, with reward not brilliant but sufficient, and repute not loud but loudest in the mouths of those whose praise was best worth having--Antonio Canova, Schlegel, Henry Fuseli. He took as his pupil a son of William Hayley's, who became ill and died. In 1797 he was made an associate of the Royal Academy. Every year he exhibited work of one class or another: occasionally a public monument in the round,.
Julian Delphiki - where he hid for days before being rescued by a janitor. After a short while of living with the janitor, Bean wandered out onto the streets of Rotterdam. Around the age of 2, Bean joined Poke's Crew. Poke was very merciful to Bean, and probably saved his life by feeding him. Bean devises a plan to get more food for the crew and recruits a bully with a bad foot, Achilles, to get them into the food shelter. Bean actually advises Poke to kill Achilles, but the same mercy that she showed to Bean came through, and Achilles was saved. Achilles became the crew's "papa" and carried out the plan successfully, allowing all of the orphans to get food. When Achilles begins contemplating killing Bean, however, Poke intervenes, and meets with.
Iliad - often thought to be circa 850 B.C Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers Set during the tenth (last) year of the Trojan War, the Iliad sings of how Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior, abandons the fight after king Agamemnon, the Greek commander in chief, takes an attractive captive Briseis who had been originally awarded to Achilles as a slave. The death of Patroclus, Achilles' dearest friend, at the hands of the Trojan hero Hector, brings Achilles back for revenge, and he slays Hector. Later Hector's father, king Priam, comes to Achilles disguised as a beggar to ransom his son's body back, and Achilles is moved to pity; the funeral of Hector ends the poem. The poem is a poignant depiction of the tragedy and poignancy of friendship and family destroyed by battle. The.
Hades - the six younger gods along with allies they managed to gather challenged their parents and uncles for power in Titanomachy, a devine war. The war lasted for ten years and ended with the victory of the younger gods. Following their victory Hades and his two younger brothers Poseidon and Zeus drew lots for realms to rule. Zeus got the sky, Poseidon got the seas, and Hades received the underworld, the unseen realm to which the dead go upon leaving the world. Methaphorically, each one received one object, Zeus a thunder spear, Poseidon a trident and Hades a helmet that shift invisible to its carrier. Hades obtained his eventual wife, Persephone, through trickery - a story that was a late addition to Greek mythology, connected with the rise of the Mysteries. Hades.
